Everyone expects that Blair will be savaged. If he isn't roundly condemned and publically hanged in Trafalgar Square the whole thing will be seen as a Hutton-style whitewash. As one of those who marched in protest at the obvious bullshit we were being fed before the Iraq war I really hope that Chilcot doesn't pull his punches or dance around the point, as mandarins are sometimes wont to do.

Hooli wrote:I agree with all of you. He deserves the old punishment of being hung, drawn & quartered at Traitors Gate, what he'll get is away with it.

Too quick. They should just remove all of his personal security.I doubt anybody would try and kill him but at least he'd live every day in fear, much like the soldiers he sent to war.Ooh and take away most of his money so his wife can't afford make-up.

A mate of mine benefited from Blair's personal security. He lived round the corner and had parked his car directly in front of Blair's house. Someone reversed into it and tried to drive away but the armed police stood outside the house stopped him.

My mate was woken on a Sunday morning by two policemen carrying guns asking "Are you Fred Fernackerpan?" and he absolutely shat himself because he was being investigated by the FSA at the time.

Listening to Blair earlier reminded me what a good speaker he is. Miles ahead of any of the current crop of British politicians. It was all smoke and mirrors bullshit of course but he certainly does it well.

"I take full responsibility" he says, as if we should be thanking him for doing so. Well of course you take full responsibility, it was you who made the decisions. Who else would take full responsibility? Barry Chuckle?

Otto Sump wrote:Without having to wade through it all, can someone give me Chilcot's verdict in a nutshell?

Is it the foregone conclusion we were expecting?

You mean your not going to read all 2 million 5 hundred thousand words of it? >summary<People were expecting a whitewash but it leaves Blair open to criminal prosecution. Blair spent a lot more time trying to find out if declaring war (in Iraq) was legal than he did bothering to find out if the WMD evidence was true or not. He went to war allied to the USA against the advice of the Attorney General who recommended going to the UN again first. Also they didn't bother to see the British troops were adequately equipped, also there was no plan for what happened if they won (sort of like the recent referendum).